Part 1: A Brief History of land selection

Land Selection & Pastoral Leases Lease Records – Series 14033 (LAN/AG) and 14050 (LAN/DF) at Queensland State Archives This series of land blogs was developed from research done by historian Ruth Kerr The process of land selection (as opposed to sales) began in Queensland in 1860 and continued under a series of land acts thereafter. […]

Part 5: Key Legislation for Land Selections since 1860, summarised

Land Selection & Pastoral Leases Lease Records – Series 14033 (LAN/AG) and 14050 (LAN/DF) at Queensland State Archives This series of land blogs was developed from research done by historian Ruth Kerr. CROWN LANDS ALIENATION ACT 1860: Land was open to selection at the fixed price of one £1 per acre in agricultural reserves on […]